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I like Harper's approach.  However, it is not likely for awhile to have
anything with Bruce Harper in IAGO, unfortunately.  This being said, can I
run this proposal by people?  It is mean to be a variation on the blitz at
the end of the tournament as a tie breaker.

The final game, in event of the scores being even, would consist of a
blitz game.  The amount of time that both players have at start is six
minutes.  By some method (randomly or otherwise), one player is picked to
enter in a bid on how much time they will give up from their six minutes
to pick their color.  They can choose to pass, and allow their opponent to
pick the side with six minutes, or they can choose, in 15 or 30 second
increments, bid to give up time (to get the choice to pick a side.  From
then on, the time the player picking a side chooses, would keep decreasing
by the bids, until someone passes.  At that point, that player would pick
what side they will play, and have that much time to work with.

Then you do the normal blitz game, with this time adjustment.  This
approach does add a bit of brinksmanship to the game, but is also mainly
used as a balancing mechanism across just about all variants, particularly
those where one side or another may have an advantage, but players are
unable to tell for sure which side does.  This bidding method could also
be used for picking a game also.  Winner of the bid gets that much time,
and the game of their choice, and side of their choice.  Their opponent
gets the other.  You could also bid turns this way with draw rights going
to the opponent of the person bidding.